The effects of e-cigarette taxes on e-cigarette prices and tobacco product sales: Evidence from retail panel data

United States public health officials need to correct e‐cigarette health misinformation

“…The two examples of e‐cigarette‐related misinformation addressed here continue to be widely disseminated even today, with recent examples in the lay press [33–35], from public health organizations [36–38], and from physician organizations [39]. This misinformation often supports advocacy for aggressive e‐cigarette regulation that many studies have shown leads to increases in combustible tobacco product use [26–31, 40], which is more dangerous [18]. This makes correcting this misinformation a public health priority.…”

Impacts of Tax and Flavor Tobacco Policies on San Francisco Bay Area Tobacco Prices

“…After the policy implementation in SF, some users of flavored tobacco sought other ways to obtain these products either out of SF or from online vendors, or switched to available alternatives (Yang et al, 2020). Given significant own-price elasticities of cigarettes (Cotti et al, 2022; Huang et al, 2018; Jawad et al, 2018; U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization, 2016; Zheng et al, 2017) and positive cross-price elasticities of flavored and unflavored tobacco or other alternatives (Cotti et al, 2022; Denlinger-Apte et al, 2021), the demand for alternative products and economic substitutes for prohibited flavored tobacco should have grown, which may have led to increased prices.…”

“…Given significant own-price elasticities of cigarettes (Cotti et al, 2022; Huang et al, 2018; Jawad et al, 2018; U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization, 2016; Zheng et al, 2017) and positive cross-price elasticities of flavored and unflavored tobacco or other alternatives (Cotti et al, 2022; Denlinger-Apte et al, 2021), the demand for alternative products and economic substitutes for prohibited flavored tobacco should have grown, which may have led to increased prices. This aligns with our findings showing significant price increases for the cheapest cigarettes that were driven largely by cities that had enacted flavor sales restrictions, especially by jurisdictions with comprehensive policies like in SF.…”

“…104559.5” 2022; Jewett & Baumgaertner, 2023). Most tobacco products, especially combustible cigarettes, are price elastic: the demand responds to price changes of the same product—own-price elasticities, or of other related products—cross-price elasticities (Cotti et al, 2022; Huang et al, 2018; Jawad et al, 2018; U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization, 2016; Zheng et al, 2017).…”

Harm Reduction: When Does it Improve Health, and When Does it Backfire?

“…Second, we contribute to the economic literature on the specic harm reduction methods of ENDS or e-cigarettes and whether they are a substitute for combustible cigarettes (e.g. Lakdawalla et al, 2006;Friedman, 2015;Abouk and Adams, 2017;Abouk et al, 2019;Marti et al, 2019;Pesko and Currie, 2019;Cotti et al, 2020;Pesko et al, 2020;Abouk et al, 2021;Pesko and Warman, 2022;Allcott and Rafkin, 2022). Third, we contribute to the literature regarding the harm reduction methods methadone and buprenorphine and their regulation (e.g.…”